Better beetle battle plan needed for the town

Like many of my neighbors, I'm deeply concerned about the "attack" and our "war" waged against Asian Longhorned Beetle. I'm aware of the decimation caused by this horde of critters and have witnessed the progress made just in the Greendale area between West Boylston Street and Burncoat Street. We've all seen the cranes piercing the sky above the housetops and the workers doing their duty as the neighborhoods are stripped of their long time "neighbors," the hardwood trees.

According to Wikipedia, the Asian Longhorned Beetle can fly distances up to 400 yards. When considering the Greendale section of Worcester, the Chaffin area of Holden and other affected areas, 400 yards is not that far. If the insect can move distances such as these, what makes our scientists and bureaucrats feel the battle lines that are drawn on the streets of Worcester, Holden and other areas will be sufficient? What do they suppose is happening to the hundreds of acres of undeveloped property where this beetle can live unscathed? How will the cranes and tree removal experts move through the undeveloped woods surrounding Worcester and Holden? Worse yet, are the beetles to be left to thrive and migrate back and forth across these imaginary lines, evading those who are trying to wipe them out? It seems there needs to be a more effective and more permanent plan to extricate this black-and-white-spotted monster, the Asian Longhorned Beetle. John HughesHomestead RoadHolden